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Subject: [OM] Re: If you think all bits are created equal for image storage, you need to read this, even though it is long. [was RAW Bit Depth]
From: <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:26:09 +0000
Yup, I didn't think about that until after I hit send.

Chuck Norcutt


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: [OM] Re: If you think all bits are created equal for image storage, 
> you need to read this, even though it is long. [was RAW Bit Depth]
>  Sent: Apr 08 '07 20:30
>  
>  chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>  > He has changed the numbering system to count the number of things rather 
> than measuring the size of things.  Since the size of all the things that 
> need to be counted is the same, if you know the number of them you can easily 
> compute the total size.  Sort of like counting dump truck loads of dirt 
> rather than tons of dirt.  If we know the number of trucks we can figure out 
> the tonnage later on.
>  >  
>  Sorry, that doesn't sound like a correct characterization of the
>  remapping I describe.
>  
>  Using your dump truck analogy, it's more like saying I have a trucking
>  company with eight trucks, all with different with capacities - of 128
>  tons, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1 ton.*

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